Levator

[li'veitә]

(noun.) a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip).

Typed by Doreen--From WordNet

(n.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

(n.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Edited by Astor

n. that which raises (of a muscle):—opp. to Depressor.

Typist: Marietta